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. VEHIGLB GBARIKNG. No. 412,740. l Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

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VEHICLE-GEARING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,740, dated October 15, 1889.

' Application led July 7, 1888. Serial No. 279,340. (No model.) Patented inGanada May 1, 1888, No. 29,058.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON S. FAX, a subj ect of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Woodstock, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Gearing, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Canada, dated May l, 1888, No. 29,058,) of which the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact description of this invention.

The object of this invention is to make a carriage, truck, or four-wheeled hand-power conveyance with pivoted axles controlled byl the handle in the rear', and which may be pushed forward in a straight line or turned to the right or left, at the will of the person pushing it, without the necessity of dragging or raising any of the Wheels from the ground on which they rest.; and this invention consists of the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Reference being had to the drawings already mentioned, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved vehicle-gearing; Fig. 2 is a perspective view 0f the body and connections of a childs carriage detached from my improved gearing. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the gearing when the carriage is moving in a straight line. `Fig. 4. is another plan view of same, showing the gearing adjusted to turn the carriage to the right. Fig. 5 is an end view on the line :c of Fig. 3, showing the handle-bars in section.

A -A designate the axles supported inthe wheels B B, and C O arecross-reaches pivotally secured at each end to and form a connection between the front and rear axles, and D D are the handle-bars, each of which are pivotally secured at one end to the handle E. They then pass under the rear axle and their other ends are pivotally secured to the front axle.

F is a connecting-bar pivotally secured near its center to the rear axle, and the outer ends ofl this connecting-bar are pivotally secured to the handle-bars D D. G G are levers rigidly secured to the handle-bars D D, within easy grasp of the handle E; and H II are sliding pla-tes interposed between the axle and the part of the body of the carriage resting on the axle and between the connecting-bar F and the axle to prevent the wearing of said axles.

The operation is as follows: When wishing to move the carriage, grasp the handle E and the levers G G, and when the handle E and levers G G are parallel, as shown in Fig. 3, the carriage will move in a straight line. By relaxing one lever and contracting the other toward the handle E, as shown in Fig. 4, the wheels turn pivotally in a lateral direction on the point of their periphery resting on the ground to the right or left, accordingl to the lever contracted. The hands, when grasping the levers G and handle E, form a lock to hold them steadily in any desired p0- sition. As shown in Figs. l and 2, the body of the carriage is only connected to this gearing by means of pivot-bolts passing through the opposite aperturesz' 'i and n n in the gearing and in the frame supporting the body of the carriage, respectively, or by any other suitable securing devices.

I am aware that conveyances are made with pivotal axles. For this l make no claim; but

What -I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with the parallel handle-bars D D, of the front axle and cross-bar F, to which said handle-bars are pivoted, the rear axle pivoted to the said cross-bar, and the crossmeaches C, pivotally connected to the front and rear axles, whereby the handlebars are held parallel to each other in such manner th at the backward or forward movement of the same will change the relative position of the axles, so as to alter the direction of the wheels, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the handle-bars D D and the rear cross-bar E, to which they are pivoted, of the front axles, to which the forward ends of the handle-bars are pivoted, the rear axle, and crossaeaches C C, pivot ally connected thereto and to the front axle, the cross-bar F, to which the rear axle is pivoted and which is pivotally connected with the handle-bars D D and the levers G G, whereby the said bars D D are shifted directly back and forth to alter the position of the axles, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

SIMON S. FAX. Vitnesses:

P. J. EDMUNDS, A. EDMUNDS. 

